March 21-31, 2016flu, flux = to flowaffluence: a plentiful supply; wealth; a great quantity that seems to keep flowing confluence: a gathering, meeting, or flowing together at one point; a joining effluence: something that flows out; outflow fluctuate: to rise and fall irregularly; to vary; to flow up and down unpredictably fluent: able to flow smoothly; graceful fluid: a substance whose molecules flow freely past one another; a liquid or gas fluted: a tall, narrow shape designed for a smooth flow of liquid influential: having the power to make things flow their way; the flow of power influx: a flowing in of something in a large number or amount; a mass arrivalsuperfluous: overflow; more than enough; an overabundance; more than required

February 22-26stat = stay, position, to knowecstatic (adj): extreme joy; to know the feeling of pure delightestate (n): a considerably large piece of property; high social position or rank; the whole of one's possessionsstatic (adj): fixed; to stay with no motion; not active stationary (adj): not moving; not capable of being moved; fixed in positionstation (n): the place or position where a person or thing stands or is assigned to stand; a post 6. stature (n): one's height in an upright position; an achieved position or level status (n): position in society relative to others statusquo (n): staying the same; unchanging statute (n): a law; a rule created by someone of a high position ​thermostat (n): a device that responds to temperature changes in order to maintain its set position

January 11-15tain, ten, tent = holdabstain (v) - to hold back from an activity by choice; to hold back from voting contain (v) to hold; to have within detain (v) to delay; to keep from proceeding detention (n) a period of time in which someone is held back; a form of punishment by holding someone after school hours extend (v) to hold out; to stretch or spread out; to offer patent (n) legal ownership of an invention held by the creator; exclusive right or ownership retainer (n) something that hold something else in; a device that holds something in tenant (n) a holder of land rights; a person who holds the right to live in a residence; an occupant tendon (n) a band of tough fibrous tissue that holds a muscle to a bone tentative (adj) holding back on the final decision; uncertain; hesitant; not fully agreed upon

March 7-11, 2016sens, sent = feel, be awareassenter (n): a person who agrees or feels the same wayconsensus (n): an opinion or position agreed upon by a group; having a similar feeling or belief as others in a groupdesensitize (v): to lessen the feeling or awareness; to make less sensitivedissent (v): to differ in opinion or feeling; to disagreenonsense (n): of little importance; ridiculous; unimportantresent (v): to feel bitter or upsetsensational (adj): outstanding; spectacular; feelings of successsensible (adj): showing reason or good judgement; able to feel or perceivesensitive (adj): aware of affected by the attitudes, feelings, or circumstances of otherssentimental (adj): having feelings of nostalgia; feeling that a thing is special because of how it relates to the past.

February 1-5pend = hang, weigh, payappendix - a collection of supplementary material that usually "hangs" at the end of a book; extra materials added to the end of a bookdependent - relying on someone else for aid or support; weighing down on someone else expenditure an expense; the amount needed to be paid out impending - about to occur; to threaten to happen; to weigh down upon someone independent - not relying on someone else for aid or support; not weighing down on someone else pendant - an object that hangs, usually from a necklace pending - hanging on; something not yet decided; awaiting a conclusion pendulum - something that hangs and swings back and forth perpendicular - intersecting at or forming right angles suspended - hanging; delayed

January 4-8ex = out or away fromexhaust to use up entirelyexpress to send out a message, usually in wordsexceed be or do something to a greater degreeexpand to open out, spread out, get biggerexport ship out to another placeextinct no longer existing, no longer activeexcessive going outside a limitexude to ooze or send out or spread in all directionsexclude to close out, not let inexception an instance that does not conform to a rule

Week 4 - October 13 - October 23cap = take, seizecapable having the ability; able to do something; able to seize an opportunity capacity the ability to hold, take in, or absorb capitalize to take advantage of something; to make the most of something capsize to overturn; to take and flip over caption a title or short description of a picture capture to take possession or control of something; to take someone against his or her will; to preserve in a permanent form decapitate to take the head off something encapsulate to take in; to surround; to encase or protect escape to take a path away; to leave; to get free ecapitulate to take the main ideas and repeat in a summarized form

Week 3 - Sept. 28-October 2ono, nym, onym = word, nameacronym (n) an abbreviation formed by combining the initial letters in words or parts of a series of words anonymous (adj) not named or identified; done by someone unknown antonym (n) a word that means the opposite of another word eponym (n) a person for whom something, such as a city, building, or street, has been named heteronym (n) one of two or more words that are spelled alike but have different meanings homonym (n) one of two or more words that are pronounced alike but have different spellings an meanings onomatopoeia (n) the formation of words that imitate sounds associated with the objects or actions to which they refer oronym (n) a string of words that sounds the same as another string of words, such as gray day and grade a pseudonym (n) false name; a fictitious name synonym (n) one of two or more words that have the same meaning

Week 1 - Sept. 14-18fer = to carry, bear or bring togetherchauffeur - a person hired to drive or bring someone to another location; a drivercircumference - the distance around a circleconference - a meeting that brings people together to exchange views or informationdiffer - to carry a different opinion; to carry an opposing viewfertile -capable of bearing or producing crops or vegetation; highly productiveinfer - to bring together information to reach a conclusion; guessoffer - to bring forth ideas; to propose or presentprefer - to choose one thing that carries priority over another; to value more highlyreferral - a recommendation; a letter or notice that carries good words about a persontransfer - to bring something from one place to another

Week 2 - Sept. 21-25sed, sid, sess = to sit, settleassessor an official who evaluates and settles on a value of a property for tax purposespresident an executive officer who sits in charge of a firm or organizationreside to settle into a place to live; to existresidence a home; a place where a person settles to livesedan a closed automobile that has enough room for four people to sit comfortablysedate to help someone calm down; to help someone settle downsedative medicine used to help a person settle into a state of calmnesssedentary fixed to one spot; marked by a great deal of sitting and very little exercise or travelsediment the solid material that settles to the bottom of a liquidsession a meeting, class, or assembly where a group sits together